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EASTERN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS DIVISION CHAMPIONS PLAYOFF APPEARANCES PLAYERS TO MLB 2010 2004, 2010 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2015 124 BATTING AVG.: .252 (4th) May 28, 2016 -- Game #47, Road Game #23 BATTING AVG.: .245 (10th) TEAM HR: 23 (T-7th) TEAM HR: 35 (4th) WALKS: 158 (7th) Altoona Curve (26-20) vs. Bowie Baysox (18-28) WALKS: 164 (T-5th) STRIKEOUTS: 328 (7th) RHP Clay Holmes (3-4, 5.24) vs. LHP John Means (AA Debut) STRIKEOUTS: 315 (T-9th) TEAM ERA: 3.93 (8th) TEAM ERA: 4.39 (11th) WALKS: 190 (1st) 6:35 p.m. | Prince George’s Stadium, Bowie, Md. WALKS: 152 (8th) STRIKEOUTS: 296 (11th) STRIKEOUTS: 271 (12th) () -- EL Rank Radio -- ESPN Radio 1430, WVAM | TV - MiLB.TV () -- EL Rank UPCOMING GAMES & PITCHING PROBABLES Sun., May 29 at Bowie 2:05 p.m. LHP Brandon Waddell (3-0, 2.78) vs. RHP Brandon Barker (E.L. Debut) Mon., May 30 at Bowie 2:05 p.m. RHP Tyler Eppler (2-3, 4.13) vs. LHP Chris Lee (5-0, 2.98) Tues., May 31 at Akron 6:35 p.m. RHP David Whitehead (2-4, 5.45) vs. LHP Shawn Morimando (8-0, 1.65) Wed., June 1 at Akron 6:35 p.m. LHP Cody Dickson (3-2, 4.40) vs. TBD YESTERDAY: Cody Dickson pitched into the eighth inning and held the Baysox to one run in the Curve’s 6-1 win at 2016 E.L. WESTERN STANDINGS Prince George’s Stadium to open the road trip. Stetson Allie hit his fourth homer of the year. Harold Ramirez had Team W-L PCT GB Today two hits, two RBIs and scored two runs. Austin Meadows had two doubles. Erich Weiss extended his current hitting Akron 34-13 .723 -- v. HAR streak to 10 games, the second best for a Curve player this year. Edgar Santana pitched 2.0 perfect innings to close Altoona 26-20 .565 7.5 @ BOW out the Altoona victory. Harrisburg 24-22 .522 9.5 @ AKR Bowie 18-28 .391 15.5 v. ALT TODAY: The Curve play the second of a seven-game road trip with the second of four games against the Bowie Bay- Erie 18-29 .383 16.0 v. RIC sox, Double-A affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles. This is the first series of the season between Altoona and Bowie, and Richmond 16-31 .340 18.0 @ ERI the first since last year’s E.L. Division Series, where the Baysox won three games to one before going on to win the 2015 Eastern League title. 2016 E.L. EASTERN STANDINGS FOR ALTOONA: Right-hander Clay Holmes makes his tenth start of the season for Altoona. After winning back-to- Team W-L PCT GB Today back starts, Holmes did not pick up a decision after allowing three earned runs in five innings against Akron earlier Reading 33-15 .688 - @ NH this week. The Pirates’ 15th-ranked prospect entering this season, Holmes only pitched in nine games in 2015 after Hartford 29-17 .630 3.0 @ POR missing all of 2014 due to Tommy John surgery. For more on Holmes, see page two. Trenton 26-20 .565 6.0 @ BIN New Hamp. 20-26 .435 12.0 v. REA FOR BOWIE: Lefty John Means makes his Double-A debut for the Baysox after being promoted on Thursday from Binghamton 19-27 .413 13.0 v. TRN A-Adv. Frederick, where he went 5-0 with a 1.80 ERA in nine starts to begin the season. In his last start five days ago, Portland 16-31 .340 16.5 v. HRT Means picked up his second consecutive win after pitching seven scoreless innings and holding the Potomac Nation- als to three hits and striking out eight. In his last four starts for the Keys, Means struck out eight or more three times, including a season-best 10 on 5/5 at Potomac. 2016 CURVE AT A GLANCE Overall Record ..................................... 26-20 BOMBS AWAY: Curve outfielderStetson Allie moved up on the Curve’s all-time home run leaders list with his 42nd Home ............................................ 14-10 career homer last night at Bowie, moving ahead of Ray Sadler for third all-time. Josh Bonifay and Adam Hyzdu both Road ............................................. 12-10 share the franchise home run record with 55 homers hit while wearing an Altoona jersey. Place (E.L. Western) ................................2nd #WINNING: The Curve have won 15 of their last 19 games, dating back to May 5, when they were 11-16 and fourth Games Ahead/Behind ........................... -7.5 in the E.L. West. The stretch began with a three-game sweep of Richmond, but was interrupted by a loss to Trenton on May 9. The Curve responded with an eight-game winning streak, including a four-game road sweep of Richmond. Streak..........................................................W2 Altoona has moved from fourth to second in the division, but has not gained a game in the standings on the division- Last 5 .......................................................... 3-2 leading RubberDucks. Last 10 ........................................................ 7-3 A HAROLD-ED PROSPECT: Curve outfielderHarold Ramirez was held hitless on Tuesday to end his 11-game hitting 2016 vs. Bowie ......................................... 1-0 streak, the longest for any Curve player this year. Over the stretch, Ramirez hit .426 (20-for-47) with seven multi-hit at Altoona ....................................... 0-0 games, raising his average from .242 on May 8 to .298 (now .290). During the streak, Ramirez hit six doubles, scored at Bowie .......................................... 1-0 11 runs, drove in seven runs, walked seven times and struck out seven times. He recorded three hits on Wednesday All-time vs. Bowie ..........................144-140 against Akron, including his first Double-A homer. His .381 batting average in the month of May is the second-best in at Altoona ................................... 72-73 Double-A, behind only Richmond’s Austin Slater (.443). at Bowie ...................................... 72-67 WHAT A RELIEF: Reliever Dovydas Neverauskas has not allowed a run over his last 11 outings, a total of 15.0 innings ‘16 Home Attendance .......................75,775 pitched. Neverauskas tossed a scoreless inning with two strikeouts on Tuesday night against Akron, and mirrored a Home Openings .........................................23 similar stat line yesterday morning. His scoreless streak is the longest of any Curve pitcher this year, surpassing the Average Attendance ............................3,295 mark originally set by Jhondaniel Medina at 14.0 innings. YOUTH MOVEMENT: The Altoona season roster has an average age of 23.6, the youngest of any team in the Eastern BROADCAST INFORMATION League. Hartford (24.0), Trenton (24.3) and Akron (24.5) are the next closest. Erie (26.1) has fielded the oldest roster. The three youngest players on the Curve roster are all 21 and are also the three highest-ranked prospects: Austin Meadows, Reese McGuire and Harold Ramirez. No players on the current roster have played above Double-A at any point in their professional careers. Trey Wilson, Nate Bowen and Fletcher PROSPECT WATCH: The Curve roster currently features six of MLB.com’s preseason top 30 Pirates prospects: Austin Keel will call all the action of the 2016 Meadows (2), Reese McGuire (5), Harold Ramirez (6), Clay Holmes (15), Barrett Barnes (20) and Tyler Eppler (28). Six season on the flagship of the Curve, ESPN players are also featured on Baseball America’s Top 30 Pirates prospect list: Meadows (2), Ramirez (5), McGuire (6), Radio 1430, WVAM-AM in Altoona. Holmes (19), Barnes (24) and Jose Osuna (30). Pregame coverage begins 15 min. before all games. ROAD TO THE SHOW: Former Curve infield Alen Hanson made his Major League debut on last week at PNC Park in The Curve can also be heard on the following the Pirates’ 8-5 victory over the Atlanta Braves with a pinch-hit appearance in the bottom of the sixth inning. Hanson affiliate stations for selected games: became the 124th Curve alum to make the Majors, and is the first alum to - WTRN-AM/FM 1340/100.7 in Tyrone ON THE ROAD TRIP see his debut in 2016. He picked up his first MLB hit the next night. Games ....................................................................1 - WWGE 1400 AM in Ebensburg - Online streaming at AltoonaCurve.com Record ............................................................... 1-0 GLOBAL AFFAIR: Seven different countries are represented on Altoona’s current roster, including the United States (16), the Dominican Republic (3), provided by TuneIn Radio Average .......................................... .286 (10/35) Canada (1), Venezuela (1), Colombia (1), Taiwan (1) and Lithuania (1). Relief - Via the TuneIn Radio App and the MiLB Runs/Runs Per Game ..............................6/6.0 pitcher Dovydas Neverauskas became the first player born and raised in First Pitch App Home Runs...........................................................1 Lithuania to sign with a Major League team when he signed as an interna- tional free agent with the Pirates. Canadian third basemenEric Wood was RISP ................................................... .143 (2/14) the first Canuck to be drafted when he went in the 6th round of the 2012 Errors ......................................................................0 MLB Draft. InfieldersEdwin Espinal and Anderson Feliz both are natives of the Dominican Republic, and first baseman Jose Osuna both call Venezuela THIS DATE IN CURVE HISTORY ERA ...................................................................1.00 home. OutfielderHarold Ramirez represented his home country of Colom- In 2011, the Curve defeated the Bing- Starter W-L ...................................................... 1-0 bia this offseason in the World Baseball Classic qualifying round in Panama. hamton Mets, 8-6, with runs scored in Catcher Jin-De Jhang is a native of Taitung City, Taiwan. Starter ERA .......................1.29 (1 ER / 7.0 IP) the eighth and ninth innings. Starling Marte had a triple and two RBIs, raising Reliever W-L ................................................... 0-0 his average to .333. Eric Fryer drove in Reliever ERA ....................0.00 (0 ER / 2.0 IP) two runs.